Hose-reel



(NoModel.)

o. H. W/EYGANT.

HOSE REEL.

Patented June 29, 1&86.

IN VEN TORI WITNESSES 6&7@

ATTORNEYS.

lhvrrnn STATES PATENT @Tricia CHARLES H. VEYGANT, OF NEW'BURG, NEV YORK.

Hose-REEL IECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,55e, dated June 29, D386.

VApplication filed February 10, 1886. Serial No. 102,619. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHAaLus H. WEYGANT, of Newbu rg, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hose-Reels, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and eXact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciication, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigurcs.

Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved hose-reel, part being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 isa sectional plan view of the guide frame and pulley, the pivoted standard, and a partofthe reel-cyl inder. Figet is an edge view of the guide-pulley, the tubular packing ring being shown in "'section. tional elevation of the bearings and connee tions at the upper end of the rcel-cylinder and reel-frame.

The object of this invention is to provide hose-reels constructed in such a manner that all the water in the hose, when the supply is shut off, will flow out of the discharge end of the said hose, and that the hose can be readily wound upon the rcellcylinder from its upper end downward, and can be lcd out in any desired direction.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the hosereel, as will be hereinafter fully described an claimed.

A is a base-plate, to one end of which is attached or upon it is formed the lower end of the standard B. Upon the upper end of the standard B is formed `or to it is attached the outer end of a horizontal arm, C. The parts A B C form the stationary frame of the hosereel, and can be attached to the floor of a room, the frame of a carriage, or other suitable support.

D is the reel-cylinder, upon the outer surface of which is formed a spiral groove to receive the hose E when it is wound upon the said cylinder. The end of the hose E, at the upper end of ,the cylinder D, is secured to the end of the pipe F, which passes in through the shell of the said cylinder, and at the axis of the cylinder is bent upward, passes through the center of the cylinder-head, and is secured in the sleeve G, attached to the said cylinder head.

H is a tube, which passes through a vertical hole in the end ot' the arm C, and is se cured in place in the said arm C by a Set-screw, .l. The lower end of the tube H enters the upper end of the sleeve G, and serves as a pivot to the upper end of the cylinder D. The joint between the ends of the tubes F H and the sleeve G is packed to prevent water from leaking out, and the said packing is secured in lplace by a cap-nut, J, screwed upon the end `of the said sleeve G, and through which the Atube H passes. To the upper end of the tube H is attached the end of a tube, K, leading to a pump, engine, reservoir, or other waterlsup-` Pll f The lower end ot' the reelcylinder D re!l` volvcsupon a pivot, L, attached to the base plate A.

To the sleeve G is keyed or otherwise secured a large beveled gear-wheel, lil, into the teeth of which mesh the teeth of a small beveled gear-wheel, N, attached to the inner end ol" the shaft O. The shaft O revolves in bearings l?, attached to the arm Gand standard B, and to its outer end is attached a crank, Q, for convenience in revolving the reel-cylinder D to wind up tliehose. The hose can be unwound by drawing upon` its free end, or by operating the crank Q, as may be desired or convenient.

To the pivot L and the sleeve G are pivoted frames or spiders It, which are made with three or more radial arms. rlhe outer ends of the corresponding arms of the two iraniesR are connected by rods S, which are' secured to thesaid arms by nuts screwed upon the said rods above and below the said arms. Upon all the rods S but one are placed tubular rollers T, of such a size that they will be in contact with the outer sides of the coils of the hose E, so as to keep the said hose in place in the spiral groove ofthe reel-cylinder D.

Upon the rod S that is not provided with a roller, T, is placed a frame, U, the for ward part of which is made Ushaped, is curvedk inward, and is made of such a shape and size that its convex side will fit into the groove of the reel-cylinder D, and its concave side will receive and serve as a ICO from slipping and becoming slack upon the reel-cylinder D and getting out of place upon f the said cylinder. With this construction, as the hose E is Wound upon the reel-cylinder D, f the frame U and pulley V move down the rod .S as the said hose is laid in the groove ofthe said cylinder.

As the hose E is unwound from the reelcylinder D, the frame U and pulley V move up the rod S, so 4as to cause the said hose to l keep its place in the grooveof the said cylinder 4until it reaches the point where it leaves the cylinder. f

The fra-me R S T turns freely on its bearhinged lat' its outer edge to the floor or frame, to which the reel is secured vin such a position that when the said plate is swung down `t-oward the reel its forked end will .grasp the outer end of an arm of the lower frame, It, and f thus hold the frame R S T from turning.

With -this 'construction' the water is int-ror lduced at the upper end of the reel, and the; hose is wound from the upper end of the reel 5 downward, so thatwhen the intlow yof `water is stopped all the water that lmay be in the hose e will tlow out at its discharge end or nozzlle without fits being necessary to-ope-n any waste way.

Having thus fully described .my invention, E I claim as new and yd esire to secure by Letters z Patentl. The combinati-on, w-ith -th-e fszpiral'lyg grooved reel-cyl-inder and bearings therefor, f of a traveling frame, through which hose imay; be passed, and a support for the frame, said; fra-me having one end bear-ing in the spiral groove-of the cylinder, whereby, when 'th-elcylinder is rotated., the fra-me will :be caused :to travel in 'th-e longitudinal plane of the'cylinder, substantiallyas Aset lforth. 2. The Lcombinati-on, with the -sp-i-rallygrooved cylinder and bearings therefor, of a traveling frame, through which hose may be passed, a support for the frame, and a grooved pulley on the inner end of the frame adjacent to the cylinder, the forward end of the frame extending into the groove in the cylinder and operatedv by the revolution thereof, whereby hose passing between the pulley and the cylinder will hold the forward end of the frame into engagement with the groove of the cylinder, substantially as set forth.

3. In a hose-reel, the combination, with the frame A 'B C, the reel-cylinder D and its driving mechanism, and the hose E, wound downward upon the said cylinder, of the pivoted frame R S and the tubular rollers T, placed l upon the upright rods of the said frame, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the ksaid hose will be kept in place upon the reel-cyli nder, as set forth.

`4. In a hosereel, the combination, with the 1 fra-me A B C, the reel-cylinder` D-and its-driv- Ving mechanism, the hose E, wound downward l the said cylinder, and the pivoted frame ings, :and is h-eld in any place into which it has been adjusted by the forked plate X, which is i R S, having tubular rollers T, ofthe frame U, having U -shaped forward end itting int-o the groove-of the reel-cylinder, 'and provided at its rear end with a concave pulley, V, tting `upon lthe hose, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said .hose will be guided .as it passes to and from :the reel-cylinder, asset forth.

v5. The combination, with the base, the ver- .tical standard B, and the horizontal arm C, having a bearing at the outer end, of the spi rally-grooved cylinder D, having the pipe F 5exten-ding through the upper end of the cyl- -inder at the-center thereof, the sleeve G, conneeted to Asaid pipe, the bevel-gear M, fixed on s fthe sleeve, the tube H, 4secured in the end of the arm -O and coupled to the said sleeve, means for operati-ng the said gear, the spiders journaled at oppositeends-of the cylinder, 4rods T, connecting the arms of the spiders, la trav- '.eling `guide-frame mounted lon one rod and operated by the lcylinder when in mot-ion, .and a locking device for the spider-frame, substantially as set forth.

n -CHARLES WEYGAN T.

Witnesses:

-v.IAMns T. GRAHAM., C. SEDGWIGK.

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